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New OECD Secretary-General

01-Sep-2006

The OECD’s 30 member countries appointed Ángel Gurría, former Foreign Minister and successively Finance Minister of Mexico, as Secretary-General of the Organisation from 1 June 2006, in succession to Donald J. Johnston.

Student performance and physical infrastructure

01-Sep-2006

Does a school’s physical infrastructure influence student performance? Data collected by the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) does not provide a clear answer. PISA is a collaborative effort among OECD member countries that measures how well 15-year-olds approaching the end of compulsory schooling are prepared to meet the challenges of today’s knowledge society.

School safety publications

01-Sep-2006

Two PEB publications on school safety and security are being distributed in countries beyond the OECD.

Spanish version of "PEB Exchange"

04-Aug-2006

The February 2006 issue  of the journal on educational building is now available in Spanish.

21st Century Learning Environments

07-Apr-2006

School buildings have a crucial contribution to make to raising educational achievement. Designing high performance school buildings for the 21st century for all children is a shared concern amongst OECD countries.

Micro-projects on Statistics and Data Gathering (SENDDD)

10-Feb-2006

As part of the OECD project on "Education development for Disabled and at Risk Students in South Eastern Europe", education ministries have been invited to participate in activities to address capacity building in the field of statistics and data gathering. Country-specific micro-projects will be implemented in 2006/2007.

Equity in Education in Norway - Country Note

03-Jan-2006

This Country Note is the report of a team of experts who visited Norway in November 2004. It examines the Norwegian PISA results, and places them in the context of recent policy developments, including the introduction of a national scheme for schools testing.
 




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